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Facebook Family Safety Center
Publisher(s): The Safety Center outlines Facebook's community guidelines and offers resources for promoting safe online communities that are free from abuse. It includes information for parents, a bullying prevention hub, and resources for online well-being.
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Empowering Teens in Relationships: Respect & Bodily Autonomy for All
Publisher(s): In the U.S., one in three teens experiences dating violence (TDV) – meaning their partner uses behaviors like physical violence, gaslighting, digital harassment, and stalking to gain and maintain control over them. This resource is designed to help parents, caregivers, community members, and professionals support and empower teens by exploring the under-recognized intersection between violence prevention and body liberation and providing dozens of suggestions for a variety of situations.
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The 5 Steps to Protecting Our Children
Publisher(s):The 5 Steps to Protecting Our Children is an introductory guide to help adults protect children from sexual abuse. Using an evidence-informed approach, these guidelines provide simple and practical actions you can take to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse.
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RePlay: Finding Zoe 2.0
Publisher(s):This online video game for youth ages 8-14 opens a dialogue about abuse, addresses the 'rumour mill' they experience, educates about healthy, respectful relationships, and teaches players about places they can go for help.
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Female Genital Mutilation in the U. S. Factsheet
Publisher(s):This factsheet gives a brief overview of federal laws against FGM in the United States and also lists state laws against FGM.
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Prevent Domestic Violence Gun Violence Resource Library
Publisher(s): This library compiles resources for promoting safer families and safer communities. Included are webinars, legal and policy analyses, promising practices and policies, research, and more helpful tools for law enforcement officers and community members.
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Healthy Manhood
Publisher(s): A Call to Men coined the term the Man Box to illustrate the collective socialization of men. The practice of healthy manhood is the path out of the Man Box, and it is essential to preventing violence and pursuing equity in our society.
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Man Cave
Publisher(s): Man Cave is an Australia-based preventative mental health and emotional intelligence charity that empowers boys to become great men by connecting them with tools and role models that improve their emotional intelligence, relationships skills and connection to the world around them.
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A Parent's Guide to Sexual Abuse Prevention
Publisher(s):It is the result of years of research on sexual abuse and pedophile tendencies. This guide covers:
Myths and facts of sexual abuse
Molester psychology
How the damage occurs
Why children don't tell
The psychology of abuse-what makes it click
What makes kids a hard target
How to abuse proof your child
Avoiding suggestive questioning
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Prepare Your Health
Publisher(s):There are many reasons to prepare your health for an emergency. This webpage offers guidance on how to take preparedness actions in the case of a public health emergency.
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Head Start Trauma Smart: Creating Trauma-Informed Head Start Communities
HSTS is an early childhood trauma intervention model created by Crittenton Childrens Center in Kansas City, MO. It is designed to support young children as well as, the parents and teachers who love and care about them. HSTS promotes the development of systemic trauma awareness in Head Start communities, teaching resiliency and practical lifelong coping skills.
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Te Invito: Engaging Men to Prevent Violence toolkit
Publisher(s):The toolkit is a comprehensive resource for working with Latino men in the U.S. with original audio-visual materials in Spanish and English that can be used in local campaigns. It also includes sections on the rationale for working with Latino men, cultural consideration for doing the work, and ideas on how to take action at the individual and institutional levels. The toolkit also includes a collection of tools and materials for working with Latino men that have been developed by various organizations in the U.S. and in Latin-America.